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Outside the Law (1937)

Outside the Law poster
Original title
Fuera de la ley
Directed by
Manuel Romero
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A thriller from Argentina's golden age of cinema. It follows characters caught up in a criminal underworld where loyalty and betrayal collide.

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What happens

Outside the Law (Spanish: Fuera de la ley) is a 1937 Argentine thriller film directed and written by Manuel Romero. The film premiered on 12 May 1940 in the United States. The film starred José Gola, Luis Arata, Roberto Blanco, and Irma Córdoba One of the most iconic films of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, it was selected as the tenth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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